On altruistic and electoral income redistribution: Theory and data

Dario Debowicz, Alejandro Saporiti, Yizhi Wang

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Abstract

We analyze a political competition model of redistributive policies. We show
that the net transfers to the income groups consist of two parts, called altruistic and electoral redistribution. In accordance with the theory, the empirical evidence from a sample of developed and developing democracies strongly supports a positive and significant association between: (i) the net group transfers and the initial income gaps, and (ii) the net transfers to the non-poor (and respectively, the after-tax Gini coefficient) and power sharing disproportionality.
Original languageEnglish
Publication statusPublished - 30 Dec 2017

Keywords

  • Income Redistribution
  • Fairness
  • Ideology
  • Electoral Rules
  • Power Sharing
  • Income inequality

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